Tangeni Lungameni
Personal information
Born (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992
Gobabis, Namibia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 34)6 March 2022 v Oman
Last ODI26 November 2022 v USA
T20I debut (cap 8)20 May 2019 v Ghana
Last T20I30 October 2023 v Zimbabwe
Source: CricketArchive, 29 November 2022

Tangeni Lungameni (born 17 April 1992) is a Namibian international cricketer who made his debut for the Namibian national team in January 2016. He is a left-arm pace bowler.

Career

Lungameni is from Gobabis, but moved to Windhoek to attend Windhoek Technical School.[1] He started playing cricket at the age of six.[2] He spent two seasons as a member of the Namibia under-19 team, including at the 2011 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier, and made his debut for Namibia A in July 2015, against Botswana.[2][3] He was not included in the squad for the 2012 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[2] After getting dropped, he quit cricket for a while. In 2013, he joined the Windhoek High School Old Boys Cricket Club, on request of Francois Erasmus who was then president of Cricket Namibia, and played for 4th XI of the club.[2] Later, he became a community coach and then a head groundsman for Cricket Namibia.[2]

In January 2016, Lungameni made his senior debut for Namibia, in a Sunfoil 3-Day Cup match against Gauteng (a South African provincial team).[4] Later in the 2015–16 season, he also made appearances in the Provincial 50-Over Challenge and the Provincial T20 Challenge.[5][6] Lungameni's international debut came in April 2016, when he played in an ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Afghanistan.[7] Outside of playing cricket, he works as Cricket Namibia's head groundsman, having replaced Wynand Louw in the position.[1] Lungameni is one of the few black players to play at a high level in Namibia.[8]

In August 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[9] In October 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad in the Southern sub region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament in Botswana.[10] On 29 October 2018, in the match against Mozambique, he took a hat-trick.[11][12]

In March 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[13] In May 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda.[14][15] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Namibia against Ghana on 20 May 2019.[16]

In June 2019, he was one of twenty-five cricketers to be named in Cricket Namibia's Elite Men's Squad ahead of the 2019–20 international season.[17][18] In August 2019, he was named in Namibia's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 United States Tri-Nation Series.[19] In September 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[20]

In November 2021, he was named as a reserve in Namibia's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2021 Namibia Tri-Nation Series.[21] In March 2022, he was named in Namibia's ODI squad for the 2022 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series.[22] He made his ODI debut on 6 March 2022, for Namibia against Oman.[23]

References

  1. 1 2 Andreas Kathindi (6 April 2015). "Staying grounded with Tangeni Lungameni" – Lela. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tangeni Lungameni is making up for lost time: 'You've got to be in the system to change it'". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ↑ Miscellaneous matches played by Tangeni Lungameni – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  4. ↑ First-class matches played by Tangeni Lungameni – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  5. ↑ List A matches played by Tangeni Lungameni – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Twenty20 matches played by Tangeni Lungameni – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  7. ↑ ICC Intercontinental Cup, Afghanistan v Namibia at Greater Noida, Apr 10-13, 2016 – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  8. ↑ Michael Uugwanga (10 December 2014). "Lungameni not for quota cricket" – Informanté. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Cricket Namibia to compete in T20 Africa Cup". The Namibian. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Namibian squad for World T20 Qualifier". The Namibian. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "ICC Men's World T20 Africa Region Qualifier C: Interview with Namibia's Tangeni Lungameni, who picked up a hat-trick against Mozambique". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  12. ↑ "St Helena do the double as action hots up in Botswana". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  13. ↑ "The Squad Participating In The ICC World League 2 Tournament". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  14. ↑ "Namibia squad revealed for ICC T20 World Cup Africa finals". Xinhua News (Africa). Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "African men in Uganda for T20 showdown". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  16. ↑ "5th Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final at Kampala, May 20 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  17. ↑ "Breaking News – Announcement of the 2019–2020 National Elite Training Squad". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  18. ↑ "Elite cricket training squad announced". Erongo. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  19. ↑ "The Men's National Squad ICC League 2 ODI Series". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  20. ↑ "ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier Send Off". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  21. ↑ "Namibia Hosting Oman and UAE in Castle Lite Series". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  22. ↑ "Eagles ODI Series against Oman & UAE in Dubai". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  23. ↑ "61st Match, ICCA Dubai, Mar 6 2022, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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